Open AccessDomestic violence and substance abuse during COVID19: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Carmita Helejjar Abdo,
Eduardo Miranda,
Caroline Silva dos Santos,
José de Bessa Júnior,
Wanderley Marques Bernardo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1049_20
Subject(s) - domestic violence , systematic review , substance abuse , pandemic , medicine , psychiatry , medline , scientific literature , medical literature , poison control , covid-19 , family medicine , injury prevention , medical emergency , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , paleontology , pathology , law , biology
As COVID-19 develops around the world, numerous publications have described the psychiatric consequences of this pandemic. Although clinicians and healthcare systems are mainly focused on managing critically ill patients in an attempt to limit the number of casualties, psychiatric disease burden is increasing significantly. In this scenario, increased domestic violence and substance abuse have been recently reported.